Baker v. State

391 So.2d 1010 (1980)

Keith BAKER

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 52194.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 17, 1980.

Lee B. Agnew, Jackson, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Mark A. Chinn, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

En Banc.

SUGG, Justice, for the Court:

Keith Baker was indicted for murder, convicted of manslaughter, and sentenced to a term of twenty (20) years by the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County. The only error assigned is the failure of the court to give the following instruction:

The court instructs the jury that under the law the defendant,…